USS Elliot (DD-146)
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Elliot, underway in San Diego harbor
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| Builder: | William Cramp and Sons |
| Laid down: | 23 February 1918 |
| Launched: | 4 July 1918 |
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| Struck: | 25 October 1945 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 29 January 1946 |
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| Class and type: | Wickes class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,090 tons |
| Length: | 314 ft 5 in (95.83 m) |
| Beam: | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
| Draft: | 8 ft 8 in (2.64 m) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement: | 101 officers and enlisted |
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USS Elliot (DD–146) was a Wickes class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II, first reclassified as DMS-4, and later reclassified as AG-104. She was named for Lieutenant Commander Richard M. Elliot.
Elliot was launched on 4 July 1918 at William Cramp & Sons, in Philadelphia; sponsored by Mrs. R. M. Elliot, widow of Lieutenant Commander Elliot; and commissioned 25 January 1919, with Lieutenant Commander E. L. Gunther in command.
After training in the Caribbean, Elliot sailed from New York 28 April 1919 to the Azores; Gibraltar; Malta; and Split, returning to Philadelphia on 4 June. Reassigned to the Pacific Fleet, she joined Destroyer Division 13 in New York Harbor in welcoming George Washington carrying President Woodrow Wilson back from the peace conference at Paris, then departed for the west coast, arriving at San Diego on 7 August where she was reviewed by Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels.
Elliot maneuvered offshore with the fleet until 25 March 1920 when she departed for the Far East. In June, she took Admiral Albert Cleaves, Commander-in-Chief, Asiatic Fleet, aboard and sailed up the Yangtze to investigate the murder of an American missionary, William A. Reimert. She stood by in China during civil disturbances which threatened American lives and property. In September, she visited Port Arthur and Dalian on intelligence duty, and then returned to her base at Cavite for overhaul. Elliot went home to San Francisco the fall of 1921. In October, she arrived at San Diego to lie in reserve until being decommissioned on 22 May 1922.
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